NUTS-3 DE239 · Germany
Schwandorf
Schwandorf generates €6.9bn of GDP across 149.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and market access. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (35.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable69 → 76 EU percentile since 1995 (+7 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Freight intensity96
Industrial base91
Labour market90
Economic base77
Quality of life69
Resilience57
Connectivity57
Governance56
Air quality55
Demographic outlook54
Growth momentum42
Talent & skills37
Energy cost36
Cost advantage16
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42
Livability69
Market access61
Economic scale45
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
57
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability68
Labour stability82
Diversification22
Demographic stability56
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
56.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access21
Market access61
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary47
Lifelong learning16
Knowledge workers40
Scientists & engineers46
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
55
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.57.9 µg/m³
PM10—
NO212.6 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
69
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy80.5
Jobs92.5
Education52
Health35.5
Safety78
Connectivity88
Environment56.5
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
42
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.4 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 37.5%Diversified · HHI 2459
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 37.5%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 15.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.7%Public · health · education 18.8%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€6,923M2023
11.1% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,910M2025
0.2% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Population
149,3122025
0.4% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Unemployment rate
2.7%2025
0.0% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Employment
80,7102023
0.8% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Productivity / employee
€89,3902025
3.3% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Gross value added
€6,324M2023
12.7% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,324M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€132M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,374M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,057M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — construction (F)
€357M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€963M
2023 · EU pctl 35
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€29,200
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 77
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,700
2023 · EU pctl 78
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,986M
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,348M
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,166M
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,306M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,192M
2023 · EU pctl 39
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,910M
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,390
2025 · EU pctl 64
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,747M
2025 · EU pctl 48
Labour market
Employment, total persons
80,710
2023 · EU pctl 36
Self-employed persons
7,090
2023 · EU pctl 24
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,980
2023 · EU pctl 61
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.0%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
84,500
2025 · EU pctl 34
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,436
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise births
394
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise deaths
398
2023 · EU pctl 21
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.9%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.7%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.3%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.6%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
431,837
2024 · EU pctl 28
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
670 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,663 kt
2025 · EU pctl 62
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,311
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
878
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
95,309
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged 65+
33,058
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged under 15
20,945
2025 · EU pctl 30
Median age of population
46.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 50
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.7%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of total population change
4.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
11.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Live births
1,262
2024 · EU pctl 35
Deaths
1,768
2024 · EU pctl 27
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.7%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
103 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 42
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
147,726
2100 · EU pctl 33
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,096 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
234 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
80.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
518 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.78
2022 · EU pctl 59
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.56
2022 · EU pctl 56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.58
2022 · EU pctl 54
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.53
2022 · EU pctl 34
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.161/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 64
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.055/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 53
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
472 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 51
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 24
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
44.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 66
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.3%
2021 · EU pctl 63
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